A rare case of embolic spondylo-discitis after treatment of aortic valve endocarditis.
BACKGROUND
Infective Endocarditis is associated with a high incidence of embolic events, commonly involving the central nervous system, spleen, kidney, lungs, heart and eyes.


METHODS
We report a case of infective endocarditis with late embolization to the L5/S1 region of the spine leading to spondylo-discitis. The disc space infection presented ten days after completion of antibiotic therapy based on blood culture and antibiotic sensitivity.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first reported case of acute infective spondylo-discitis demonstrated on MR imaging following completion of appropriate antibiotic therapy.
Beri
Abhimanyu
A
B301 Clinical Center, 138 Service Road, East Lansing, MI, USA. abhiberi@gmail.com.
Mohan
Bishav
B
Tandon
Rohit
R